The city of Bayport, Minnesota started out as three smaller settlements along Lake St. Croix. In 1856, the city of Baytown was platted by lumberman Socrates Nelson and David Loomis around their firm’s sawmill. In 1857, Isaac Staples and Andrew Short platted the city of Bangor to the south of Baytown and William Holcombe platted the… Read more »
Post by David Olson ● Aug 8, 2016
City of Bayport: A Brief History
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